Bacterial diversity in five Icelandic geothermal waters: Temperature and sinter growth rate effects

Extremophiles

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-485

  Tobler, Dominique J ^a,b   Benning, Liane G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Ecology; Geothermal water; Hot spring; Phylogeny; Silica sinter; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICELAND; MICROBIOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; HOT SPRINGS; ICELAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AQUIFICAE; AQUIFICAE (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCI; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOCRINIS; THERMUS;

EID: 79959372657     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0378-z     Document Type: Article

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